By Alain Prud’homme
The word paradigm in the scientific or design professions is used to indicate a pattern, model, outstandingly clear or typical example or archetype. These paradigms are the conceptual frameworks that provide a unified perspective over a range of experiences.
Since students mainly learn from and are mentored by others who learned the foundation in [...]
Christine Kloser, author of The Freedom Formula, helps small businesses put soul in their business and money in the bank.
In each and every moment of your life (including this moment right now) you have an important choice to make. Will you choose to be scared, or choose to be free? In the events of [...]
By Marilyn Gordon
Here’s a roadmap for transforming anything in your life. Would you like to do better in your business or create a happier relationship or family life? Would you like to turn anxiety into peace or anger into forgiveness? You have the power to do this, and as you read on you’ll find a [...]
By Harriet Denz Penhey
Major religious traditions have known for millennia that meditation can improve health. While some medical practitioners are still skeptical about its usefulness this is largely because they are not aware of the amount of evidence there is in the medical literature. Meditation not only changes the electrical activity of the brain but [...]
I had panic attacks on a regular basis for six years! I wish I had known then how easy it is to cure panic attacks once you know how.
A little background is needed here.
Panic and anxiety are very much the same. Not exactly, however, and they definitely vary in intensity.
Anxiety is a condition of apprehension [...]
By Maria Rattray
She’s affectionately called ‘The Soup Lady’. Now well into her eighties, she can be seen in the central district of Canberra, every Friday night, giving free soup and blankets, not only to the homeless, but to anyone in need. She sees Canberra’s student population as a somewhat disadvantaged group, and so they too [...]
You’ve no doubt felt at least a tinge of overwhelm as summer is drawing to a close. It’s back to school, back to the big projects at work, and back to life as we know it. And, dare I say it, stores have even begun busting out their holiday merchandise! Talk about pressure!
Fall is quite [...]
I’m often asked what it’s like to work as a professional travel writer. Is “the world’s best job” all it’s cracked up to be? What’s it really like on those assignments? What happens behind the scenes, when the “camera” is off?
I reply quite honestly that all travel consists of endless waiting, long tedious flights, and days of monotony broken by that one fleeting experience when it all comes together and you glimpse something larger than yourself. But they never believe me. I’m sure you won’t either. So instead of boring you with lofty thoughts, I’ll share one of those experiences from a recent assignment to Ireland that didn’t make it into the article…
Do you think that Bill Gates thinks there’s a box? Or Warren Buffet? Do you think that Muhammad Ali thought there was a box? What about Sir Richard Branson? How do you think Tiger Woods or Roger Federer would feel if they thought that they had to operate inside ‘the box’.
Very often, I hear business [...]
Your intentions, your expectations and your thoughts create your life. It’s the same for everybody - whether you’re stuck in a boring routine life or super-successful - the only difference between both ends of that particular spectrum is that highly successful people know how to use their mental energy.
Everything is made up of energy - [...]
It’s funny how the mind works. It loves making connections, detecting patterns and creating stories.
It’s the mind that generates inspiration - when the conditions are right. Looking at how we experience inspiration, there seem to be three levels. This brings me to a story of my own.
Recently I converted an old garden shed into a [...]
Do you find yourself just trying to hang on and get through the recession? Perhaps you are waiting for things to turn around or something to happen (business partner make a decision, new clients to show up, reorganization at a job to work itself out) before you move forward?
If so, you’re not alone. Many people [...]
Have you ever been working on something, going down a path in your business or life, and it just doesn’t feel as good as you want it to?
You can reason it out - doing this makes sense, this is something that’s good for me or my business, I need to do this, I’ve got it [...]
By Anthony K Wilson Sr
All the ingredients for a truly awesome life are already inside of you. You only need to recognize and acknowledge the presence of all that you need and then begin the execution of putting that skill set in motion to develop the totally awesome aspect of yourself.
If you are like most [...]
By Stanley Popovich
Almost everybody worries about what will happen in the future. The prospect of not knowing if something good or bad will happen to you in the near future can produce a lot of fear and anxiety. As a result, here is a list of techniques and suggestions on how to manage this fear [...]
Copyright © 2009 Margaret Stead
The ‘Golden Rule’ occurred in the Greek and Chinese cultures thousands of years before the Christian era: “Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.” The spirit of the Golden Rule is one of generosity and altruism and is at the heart of any personal networking [...]
Right now, in this moment, you have everything you think you deserve. You are living the life you believe you are worthy of. Your life experience mirrors your internal self-esteem. If you have an unhealthy low self-esteem you will never enjoy the life you dream of. Even if you achieve success in the accomplishment of [...]
“The man who does things makes mistakes, but he never makes the biggest mistake of all - doing nothing.” Benjamin Franklin.
Last week we took the first 3 steps towards resolving a very tricky situation. They were:
1. Identify - How to identify whether or not you are in crisis at work.
2. Accept, Face, Decide [...]
‘Action may not always bring happiness, but there is no happiness without action.’ Benjamin Disraeli
I have developed 7 steps to enable you first to determine whether you are in crisis at work and then to give you a kick-start to taking the actions necessary to change the situation.
My clients are all very busy and [...]
I got a call earlier this week from a couple trying to get help for a beloved friend who was unable to get off the couch due to experiencing visions, flashes of color and light, sensations of energy coming out of her body, and ecstatic trance states. She also believes that the Messiah has returned, [...]
